Dr Constantin Stefanou , director of the Sir William Dale Centre at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies ( IALS ), discusses Brexit and the election campaign on the Greek national ERT Radio’s ‘Voice of Greece’ programme. Interview (MP3) .  

James Michael , senior associate research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies ( IALS ), comments on a TLS piece on the internment of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War, which he says was ‘even more shameful’ than the article suggests.

The forthcoming Compassion: child and family law symposium organised by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), has been highlighted in Psychology Today  and Yahoo! Finance . Both articles are written by Mark B Baer, a Californian lawyer and one of the conference speakers.

Dermot Feenan , associate research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies ( IALS ), explores, in Counsel Magazine , the place of compassion in legal practice.

A report addressing legal protection for whistleblowers and journalistic sources, written by Dr Judith Townend and Dr Richard Danbury , associate research fellows at the Information Law and Policy Centre, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies ( IALS ), is covered in The Guardian ’ , Russia Today , RINF.com, Beta News.com , Out-Law.com , The Global Legal Post ,   ACQ Magazine and Signs of the Times . ‘Protecting sources and whistleblowers in a digital age’, is available to read here .

Dr Judith Townend and Dr Richard Danbury , associate research fellows at the Information Law and Policy Centre, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies ( IALS ) discuss Donald Trump’s war on journalists’ confidential sources, in The Conversation and The Justice Gap .

Whistleblowers are under attack by those they report on and confidential sources are increasingly compromised by state surveillance. A new report launched today – ‘ Protecting sources and whistleblowers in a digital age ’  aims to address these issues and makes ten recommendations for policymakers, lawmakers, news organisations, researchers and NGOs on how to protect the people who provide journalists with valuable information.

Dr Pablo José Castillo Ortiz, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS ) visiting research fellow, analyses Brexit’s impact on the promotion of democracy and human rights. Writing in the Eurasia Review , he says the UK is a ‘major diplomatic, military and economic power, and a consolidated democracy that provides political inspiration world-wide. Brexit has the potential to weaken the capacity of both the EU and the UK to promote their shared values.’